Media News Roundup

Comcast buying out rest of NBCUniversal stock from GE for $16.7 billion, years ahead of schedule
So, it looks like General Electric will be completely out of the media business by the end of March, according to reporting from Brian Stelter of the NY Times (based on a press release from majority owner Comcast).
Remember how stores in Minority Report tracked consumers using their retinas?
Sounds like stores will now be able to do this with cell phones. Oh joy….
Italian reporter who broke the story on pope’s resignation got it by knowing Latin
So, if anyone ever asks you what knowing a dead language is good for, the answer is: Beating every other reporter in the world to a giant story.
London Sun may discontinue topless Page 3 Lovelies
There’s been a campaign to bring the tradition of the Page 3 pinup in the popular London tabloid newspaper to a close. BTW, the Sun is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, the same people who own Fox News. (Please note that the link to Page 3 pinup is to a BBC story, not actually to Page 3.)